historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much … larger. Therefore, we point to the clear limitations of the unemployment rate as the (single) key macro-economic indicator of … the health of the labour market. A parsimonious dashboard approach utilising the unemployment-to-population ratio and the …

employees who are under a dual condition of stress; namely, the pandemic and the risk of job loss. The hypothesis of employment …, to participate in training measures for: a similar job, remote working, and self-employment. Findings from a seemingly …

labor market policies. More generous unemployment support, which provided income replacement or programs to assist …, stricter employment protection legislation exacerbated the negative effects. We present further evidence that suggests the … exacerbating effects of employment protection legislation are due to greater rigidities in the labor market, which in turn affect …

policy-oriented studies have dealt with the evolution of unemployment in 2020, often country by country, this article focuses … on the evolution of unemployment as well as inactivity across European countries. Indeed, previous crises have typically … lead not only to more unemployment but also to larger numbers of discouraged unemployed and thus more inactivity. It …

Full employment in the European Union member states is a challenge but feasible, also in downswings of the business … supplemental employment and revamping dual education. The future of work is better ensured with coordinated European full … employment labor policies establishing fair work conditions based on long-run business strategies as well as a fair distribution …

transmission. We offer the first study that examines the effects of the COVID-19-induced lockdown on various employment outcomes … rich individual-level data from the quarterly Labor Force Surveys. We find that the lockdown increases the unemployment … rate, the temporary layoff rate, and decreases the quality of employment. It also reduces workers' numbers of working hours …

Persistent unemployment across OECD countries has led to increasing investments in activation programmes and, as a …